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The sightings of Nessie seem to stem back to around 580 AD. Nessie is

described as a long-necked hump-backed monster living in Loch Ness.

There are two major sources of the evidence for this monster being, the

sightings on land, and the underwater sonar or photographic recordings

of the beast.

The evidence of the sightings on land, provide a complete view of the

creature. One of the most important sightings of Nessie occurred on January

5, 1934 at 1:30 in the afternoon. A man by the name of Arthur Grant was

traveling from Inverness to Glen Urquhart on his motorcycle when he notice something dark moving in the bushes along the
side of the road. He described it as having a long neck, a small snake like head with oval eyes, and a huge body 5-6 feet
long, two sets of flippers, and a tail about 5-6 feet long. The animal then bounded across the road plunging down a steep
bank back into the loch.

The other category of evidence is the underwater sonar and photography. The best evidence was done by Academy of
Applied Science in Concord New Hampshire by Dr. Robert Rine. They found the best evidence recording the possibility of
the existence in Loch Ness of a very large species undiscovered in the Loch Ness. On August 8, 1972, Dr Rine's team
which was using sonar detected a large group of fish (thought to be uncommon in the loch) moving quickly as if being
hunted. Moments later, their sonar recorded a very large solid object chasing the school of fish. When the creature went by
their monitoring area, it triggered a camera that they set up for underwater photography. The pictures remarkably showed
two shots of a flipper-shaped structure, which the monster is believed to have.

Other monsters described to look like Nessie have also been reported in other lochs in Scotland like Morar, Arkaig,
Quoich, Oich, Lochy, and Lomond. There are also some likes in Ireland that have reported monsters as well which include
Lough Nahooin and Lough Fadda in County Galway. These monsters are supposed to look a little differently and are
described as horse-eels, they are usually said to have a horse-like with a very long and slender body.

Another monster, less known is the Welsh version of Nessie, known as Teggie. Believed to inhabit Llyn Tegid, or Bala
Lake, Teggie has been reported since at least 1920s and has been variously likened to a crocodile or a small plesiosaur.
In September 1995, however a three-day search of the lake by a Japanese film crew using a mini submarine failed to spot
its elusive enigma.